Rinse circulator



J; H. BREWER RINSE CIRCULATOR Filed April 15, 1935 March 10, 1936.

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INVENTOR m wwzam ea ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 10,1936

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE f r Application April 15,

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a hair rinsing or treating device especially adaptable for beauty par lors and like establishments, and has forthe primary object the provision of a portable motor driven pump and a discharge medium therefor operable in connection with a container ordrain basin having a liquid therein whereby said liquid may be directed on the hair of a person and drained therefrom back into the container or basin and recirculated onto the hair as many times as desired to either thoroughly cleanse the hair or to color the latter to a desired shade when a dyeing or coloring liquid is employed.

' With these and other objects in view, this'invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement ocf parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section,

illustrating a rinse circulator adapted to a drain or wash basin of a conventional construction.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary portion of a bracket employed for aiding in supporting the rinse circulator to the basin.

'Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3--3 of Figure 1.

l0 Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating a cushion seat for the pump.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary vertical sectional View illustrating my invention adapted to a contamer.

II Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 1 indicates a wash basin of a conventional construction now employed in beauty parlors and like establishments, the drain being indicated by the numeral 2 and the overflow by the numeral 3.

The" basin has a comparatively wide apron 4.

When desiring to rinse a persons hair or dye or color the hair, a solution is placed in the basin with my invention closing the drain 2 so that the invention may pump the solution onto the perll sons hair, the solution returning to the basin by theemployment of a drainboard or like device on which the hair is placed. Thus it will be seen that the solution may be passed onto the hair from the basin as many times as it is necessary .50 to obtain a desired result.

My invention consists of a supporting structure 5 carrying at its upper end an electric motor 6. A pump I is carried by the lower end of the supporting structure and an outlet pipe 8 is conll nected to the pump and extends upwardly and 1935, Serial No. 16,468

is supported by a bracket 9 carried by the supporting structure 5. A flexible hose Ill is connected to the outlet pipe 8 and has connected thereto a spray nozzle I I of-any desired construction and which is equipped with a control valve 5 i2. The inlet of the pump is indicated by the character l3 which is located in. close proximity to the bottom wall of the basin so that the pump may take in the liquid from the basin and. force said liquid through the nozzle. 0 The pump 1 consists of a housing l4 integral with the support 5 and in which rotates a pump rotor i 5 having a stem or shaft I6 connected thereto and which is in turn connected to the armature shaft of the motor 6.

The housing of the electric motor has apertured ears I'I to receive a rod l8, one end of whichis provided with a finger piece IS. The rod i8 is offset, as shown at 20, and is adapted to enter the overflow 3 for aiding in supporting the struc- 20 ture 5 in a vertical position. A cross bar 2| is formed integrally with the portion 20 of the rod I8 and abuts the wall of the basin.

The pump housing I may have secured thereto either a drain plug 22 or a cushion seat 23, the latter being shown in Figure 4. When the drain 2 of the basin is closed by an ordinary stopper or plug, the plug 22 is employed on the pump housing so as to enter and close the drain and aid in supporting the device vertically in the basin. so However, when the drain 2 is equipped with some type of grading or valve mechanism, the cushion seat 23 is employed for supporting the housing on the bottom of the basin.

While my invention has been described as op- 35 crating in conjunction with a basin, however, it may be adapted to a container 24, the latter being provided with a supporting bracket 25 on which the motor rests with the pump submerged in the liquid in the container. The container is shown 0 as associated with a drain board 26. This arrangement provides an entirely portable device both for the liquid and for the circulation of the liquid.

Having described the invention, I claim;

1. In combination with a washbasin having a drain and an overflow, a supporting structure arranged vertically within the basin, a pump secured to the supporting structure, a discharge medium for the pump, a plug element carried by the pump to close the drain and to aid in retaining the supporting structure vertically, an electric motor carried by the supporting structure and connected with the pump, and means connected to the electric motor and extending into the over- 5 flow oi the basin for cooperating with said plug to close the drain, an electric motor carried by element in supporting the device vertically in the the supporting structure and connected with the basin. pump, a rod secured to the electric motor and oil- 2. In combination with a washbasin having a set to extend into the overflow, and a cross bar drain and an overfl w. a s pp ing structure arintegral with said rod and abutting a. wall or the 5 ranged vertically within the basin, a pump sebasin, cured to the supporting structure, a discharge JAMES HOBART BREWER.

medium for the pump, means carried by the pump 

